Steve Rothaus | A quest for dialogue by gay ex-Pirates owner

9:53 PM,
Sep. 26, 2012

Kevin McClatchy

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Steve Rothaus | The Miami Herald

Former Pittsburgh Pirates owner Kevin McClatchy says he "just wants to take a deep breath" now that he no longer has to hide from the business and sports worlds that he's gay.

"I've been nervous the last few days," said McClatchy, chairman of the nation's third-largest media company, who publicly came out Saturday on The New York Times website. "I had a lot of phone calls to make to a lot of people who did not know."

McClatchy, who owned and controlled the Pirates from 1996 to 2007, said that at age 49 it was finally time for him to come out. ...